Malignant melanoma arising from a congenital pigmented naevus in a patient with sarcoidosis: cause or coincidence?

Summary A case is described of a 40‐year‐old man who developed sarcoidosis and at the same time malignant change in a congenital pigmented naevus of his foot. It is proposed that the sarcoidosis may have acted as a predisposing cause of the melanoma in this case. The difficulties of diagnosis and ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical and experimental dermatology 2006-09, Vol.31 (5), p.665-667
1. Verfasser:	Mahood, J. M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Biopsy Dermatology Foot Diseases - complications Foot Diseases - pathology Humans Lymph Node Excision Male Medical sciences Melanoma - complications Melanoma - pathology Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - complications Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - pathology Nevus, Pigmented - congenital Nevus, Pigmented - pathology Sarcoidosis - complications Sarcoidosis - diagnosis Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis Skin Neoplasms - complications Skin Neoplasms - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions
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Zusammenfassung:	Summary A case is described of a 40‐year‐old man who developed sarcoidosis and at the same time malignant change in a congenital pigmented naevus of his foot. It is proposed that the sarcoidosis may have acted as a predisposing cause of the melanoma in this case. The difficulties of diagnosis and management of patients with coexistent malignant melanoma and sarcoidosis are discussed.
ISSN:	0307-6938 1365-2230
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02186.x